Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

L’histoire de Jason
Belgium, probably Lille, ca. 1470
MS M.119 fol. 2r

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Legend, Argonauts: Aeson asking Pelias to be Regent for Jason -- Aeson, crowned, seated on throne with animal armrests, with right hand indicates raised left hand. Before him stands Jason, as youth. Flanking Aeson are Pelias, with right hand on his breast and holding hat in left hand; three other men, including one holding hat; and man, wearing hat and robes, gesturing. Scene in room with stone walls and tile floor. Landscape with buildings outside to left.